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KYPRIANOS M382

Sigla: question mark icon Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.

P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 377
Formerly P. Heid. Inv. nr. 545a

Category: question mark icon Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.

Magical (formulary)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-7 – Vo ll. 1-12: Fragment of silencing curse (?).

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:

Sahidic with Fayumic features

Language/dialect notes:

See related texts for further notes.

Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 901 – 1000
Date notes:

10th century according to Mößner and Nauerth 2015: p. 304; Theis 2023: 256. A date in the eleventh century would also seem plausible (KD 11/20/2023).

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.

Image: https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_377/0001/image

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Paper

Dimensions (cm): Height: 6.7 Width: 7.1 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Theis 2023: 256; Mößner, Nauerth: 2015: p. 304. Theis (2023: 256) suggests that about half of the original width was lost, suggesting an original width of ca. 14 cm.

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete, fragment from a sheet, inscribed on both sides.

Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

2

Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column surviving each on recto and verso, 7 lines on recto, 12 lines and a drawing on verso.

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie

Collection History:

Purchased by Carl Reihardt in 1896, acquired by the University of Heidelberg in 1897 (Heidelberg inventory card; Theis 2023: 256).

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 156
Collection website: https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_377

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Theis, Christoffer. “P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 377: Zauberei in Text und Bild”, Journal of Coptic Studies 25 (2023): 257-270.


Translations:
General:

Mößner, Tamara and Claudia Nauerth. “Koptische Text und ihre Bilder.” In Ägyptische Magie und ihre Umwelt, edited by Andrea Jördens. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2015, p. 304.


Trismegistos ID:

874193

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) ACM: question mark icon Ancient Christian Magic
Bélanger Sarrazin: question mark icon Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” AKZ: question mark icon Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte CBd: question mark icon Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database Mert.-Pack: question mark icon Mertens-Pack online database
Van H: question mark icon van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

EL (24/9/18); EL (23/1/20); KD (19/11/2018); MPS (12/9/2019); MPS (2/9/2020); MPS (22/3/2021); KD (11/10/2023)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M382," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m382. Accessed on 03/05/2025

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